Media Monitoring and media contracts/press releases, plus newswire including promotion of press releases and experts

Official notice

Authority: AHDB

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£118,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Precise Media Monitoring Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

AHDB intend to procure a Contract to a successful Supplier for the provision of Media Monitoring services, covering areas such as Press Release distribution and requirements, Press enquiry logging and tracking, and 24/7 Media Monitoring.

Mini competition held against framework RM6124

CPV: Multimedia Message Service (MMS) services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK · UK

Extensions: Extension options 1+1

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 8 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT
Last source update: 8 Dec 2025, 16:47 GMT
Authority reference: 2025-766
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-080797
Classification (CPV): Multimedia Message Service (MMS) services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f12e Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Call off against RM6124
F02: Contract notice
Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-018833
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02d0ff
Published 4 August 2021, 10:45pm

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: Contract is for 1 year with 1+1 options to extend

Publisher note: Rm6124 mini competition call off

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £118,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Precise Media Monitoring Ltd	£118,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Media Monitoring and media contracts/press releases, plus newswire including promotion of press releases and experts · Precise Media Monitoring Ltd
Signed
8 Dec 2025
Value
£118,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
AHDB intend to procure a Contract to a successful Supplier for the provision of Media…	3bids · 3 electronic	3	—	—
Whole notice	—	—	—	£50,000 – £60,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawAgriculture GB-COH: 08895542 Middlemarch Business Park, Siskin Parkway East, Coventry, West Midlands, CV34PEContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

AHDBReview body Coventry

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Precise Media Monitoring LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03247942 1 Finsbury Market, 2nd Floor,, London, UK, EC2A 2BN

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.